Whitburn and Blackburn (ward)

Whitburn and Blackburn is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		James Dickson (SNP)		Jim Swan (Labour)		George Paul (Labour)		Gordon Beurskens (Action to save St. John's Hospital)
2012	Barry Robertson (Labour)			Mary Dickson (SNP)
2017	Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour)			Bruce Fairbairn (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election [2]

Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	George Paul (incumbent)	28.08%	1,822
	SNP	Jim Dickson (incumbent)	24.44%	1,586
	Conservative	Bruce Fairbairn	21.99%	1,427
	Labour	Kirsteen Sullivan	8.59%	557	1,015	1,020	1,054	1,149	1,209	1,486
	SNP	Mary Dickson (incumbent)	7.75%	503	519	742	744	766	1,129
	SNP	John Leslie	6.47%	420	426	468	470	481
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howden	2.68%	174	182	186	224
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,489   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,298   Turnout: 42.6%

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election [4]

Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour	George Paul (incumbent)	32.59	1,896
	SNP	Jim Dickson (incumbent)	27.68	1,610
	Labour	Barry Robertson	11.96	696	1,356.2
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	George Beurskens (incumbent)	10.64	619	639.8	668.9	712.4	729.7	760.3	886.4
	SNP	Mary Dickson	9.66	562	575.1	964	986.7	996.9	1,012.3	1,058.5	1,317.4
	Conservative	Stuart Martin	4.66	271	273.3	277.5	287.6	312.2	337.1
	National Front	Neil McIvor	1.63	95	98.5	100.7	104.5	108.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Durie Howden	1.17	68	72.2	75.8	83.7
Electorate: 11,239   Valid: 5,817   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%)

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: Whitburn and Blackburn
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	James Dickson	1,981	27.1	1	1
	Labour	Jim Swan	1,528	20.9	2	1
	Labour	George Paul	1,367	18.7	3	5
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Gordon Beurskens	851	11.7	4	8
	SNP	Mary Dickson	507	6.9
	Conservative	Alistair Lowrie	435	6.0
	Independent	Tony Fairley	309	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howden	222	3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Eccles	98	1.3

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
2. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017
3. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13922/Ward-7-Whitburn-and-Blackburn-2017-Results
4. https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results